India, April 17 -- Inglorious end to a glorious political chapter! It is not to undermine political and administrative achievements, despite his penchant for shifting political loyalties like quicksand, of the longest-serving Chief Minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar. It reflects a gory but interesting political chapter in the history of Bihar, perhaps the worst kind of broad daylight political manoeuvre accomplished with the active participation of the one against whom it was plotted.

Not only did he become part of the political machination, willingly or unwillingly (only time will tell), but he also tried to rewrite certain rules in the political realm. It went a step ahead of overnight changing alliances, offering strange and sometimes fl...